Quote Originally Posted by dartingd
Yes, but someone could come out of nowhere and then what. People aren't around when these guys download music. Does that make it okay?
Okay I'll chime in on this one because the whole bootlegging of American Gangster kind of pissed me off.

I do not think Daniel (iloveboost) is debating about the legality of pirating music/software/movies so the argument of "well you speed so you are breaking the law" is irrelevant.

It is the fact that there is an economic consequence to the act of pirating media. Someones livelyhood, the ability to put food on their table or furthermore dollars that would be going into the U.S economy are being stolen. It may seem small time since someone like 50 Cent makes a couple of million off a record or Denzel gets paid $20 million to do a movie but if you do not contribute to the cause then the talent gets shelved.

Suddenly there isn't a chance to develop new technologies in movie making because there is no return on the investment.. or that new album you've been wanting from an up and coming artist never releases because they're not selling records, although plenty of people have the songs on their computer or iPod. While that may sound extreme that is basically cause and effect, your investment has a lot more power than you think and to short change everyone else so you can steal is nothing less than wrong.

The free market will deal with greedy record companies, Radiohead is a good example of what is to come.